Writer Clay Risen describes the anti-Communist frenzy that destroyed the careers of thousands of teachers, union activists and civil servants — and connects that era to our current political moment.

In “Red Scare,” Clay Risen shows how culture in the United States is still driven by the political paranoia of the 1950s.

Clay Risen examines Cold War hysteria in an even-handed way, trusting readers to make the connection between McCarthyism and ...

At its height, the political crackdown felt terrifying and all-encompassing. What can we learn from how the movement unfolded ...

“This seems like one of the biggest threats, if not the biggest threats to First Amendment freedoms in 50 years,” said Brian ...

After World War II, a network of conservative politicians, religious leaders, sympathetic journalists and like-minded organizations in the United States devised a plan. This plan sought to turn ...

In 1949, New York State passed the so-called Feinberg Law, which made membership in any group labeled subversive by the U.S.

On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly said he was going to deport anti-Israel student activists ... The closest analogue to this squalid moment is the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s ...